WASHINGTON STATE GANG INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 2010

foothold in the Seattle-Tacoma area.1 Other Hispanic gangs, such as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) did not appear in Seattle until the late 1990s. Homegrown street gangs such as the United Latinos were formed in Seattle in the early 1990s.2 Gang Legislation There are two federal statutes that are commonly used to prosecute gang cases in Washington

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